TARBORO 

AND 

EDGECOMBE 

COUNTY 
N.  C. 


SERIES 


1913 


F.  S.  ROYSTER, 

PRESIDENT 


C.  A.  JOHNSON, 

SEC.  AND  TREAS. 


F.  S.  ROYSTER 


MERCANTILE  CO. 

(INCORPORATED) 


Wholesale  Provisions  and 
High-Grade  Fertilizers 


TARBORO,  North  Carolina 


We  sell  the  famous  Royster 
brands  of  fertilizers.  The  kind 
that  makes  larger  crops.  The 
kind  progressive  farmers  should 
use  in  a  progressive  county. 


u 


None  Better 

Delivered  by  Royster  Guano  Factories  Here 


$200,000,000.00 

Two  Hundred  Millions  of  Assets 
and  25  Companies  Writing  Every 
FORM  of  INSURANCE 

Special  Policies  for  Every  Glass  of  Risk: 

THE  HOME 

Protected  from  loss  by  fire,  lightning,  wind¬ 
storm,  burglary,  buildings  and  contents,  farm 
property,  cotton  gins,  tobacco,  stables,  teams, 
cotton,  peanuts,  farm  products. 

THE  BUSINESS 

Made  safe  from  loss  by  fire,  lightning,  wind¬ 
storm,  burglary,  boiler  explosions,  damage 
suits,  etc. 

THE  INDIVIDUAL 

Saved  from  worry  by  assuring  an  income  in 
any  contingency  by  having  life,  sickness  and 
accident  policies. 

Automobile,  Fidelity,  Surety 
Bonds,  Plate  Glass 

OUR  RECORD  FOR  OVER  30  YEARS— ALL  LOSSES  PAID 

TAKE  NO  CHANCES  — INSURE  TODAY 

ORREN  WILLIAMS,  WEDDELL 

AND  COMPANY 

Insurance 


Long  Distance  Phones 


TARBORO,  N.  C. 


44  Tarboro  s  Fastest 
Growing  Store 

WELCOMES  YOU  " 


There  you  will  find  a  most  complete  assort 
ment  of  Ladies’  and  Gent’s  Furnishings. 


FOR  MEN 

FOR  WOMEN 

STETSON  HATS,  STETSON 

LADIES’  SUITS,  DRESS  GOODS, 

SHOES,  KNEELAND  SHOES, 

ROYAL  COLLARS,  ALTMAN 

TIES,  ARROW  SHIRTS,  INTER- 

MILLINERY,  PATRICIAN 

SHOES,  R.  AND  G.  CORSETS, 

ONXY  HOSIERY,  ROYAL 

SOCIETY  EMBROIDERIES, 

NATIONAL  TAILORING, 

PICTORIAL  REVIEW 

ONXY  HOSIERY 

PATTERNS 

MILLINER  Y 


New  creations  coupled  with  popular 
prices  enables  us  to  produce  the 
millinery  you  want.  Do  yourself 
a  favor.  See  our  millinery. 

WORSLEY  AND  THOMAS 

“WATCH  US  GROW" 


J.  B.  Pennington 
Motor  Company 


Agents—  C  O  LE, 
STUDE BAKER 


“The  Garage  Co.” 

Repair  department  under  the 
direct  supervision  of  skilled 
mechanics.  Gasoline,  lubri¬ 
cating  oils,  etc.  Tires,  Inner 
Tubes  and  all  accessories  of 
the  trade  carried  in  stock. 


“THE  GARAGE  CO.” 

TARBORO,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


I  Want  Your  Business 


And  Promise  Yon  First- C lass  Goods 
Which  Have  Been  Purchased  at 
Right  Prices  and  Will  Be  Sold  to 
You  at  Close  Figures . 


I  have  been  in  this  county  for  over  forty  years  and  leave  been  in 
the  jewelry  business  for  over  half  a  century,  and  my  last  year’s  busi¬ 
ness  was  the  best  since  I  started.  If  syou  are  not  a  regular  customer 
of  mine  drop  in  the  next  time  you  need  anything  and  I  will  show  you 
the  splendid  values  I  am  offering.  We  are  state  licensed  Optome¬ 
trists  and  test  eyes  at  moderate  prices,  and  would  like  to  number  you 
among  our  more  than  two  thousand  six  hundred  satisfied  customers. 

BELL,  The  Jeweler 

TARBORO,  N.  C. 


AUTOMOBILE  INSURANCE 

Against  loss  by  fire,  whether  caused  by  machine  itself  or 
otherwise,  in  United  States  or  Canada. 

FIRE  INSURANCE 

Against  loss  by  and  in  consequence  of  fire  and  lightning. 

TORNADO  INSURANCE 

Against  loss  by  tornados,  windstorms  and  cyclones. 

RENT  INSURANCE 

Against  loss  of  rents  caused  by  and  in  consequence  of  fire. 

LIABILITY  INSURANCE 

Against  damages  for  personal  injuries  to  employees  and  the 
public  generally. 

PLATE  GLASS  INSURANCE 

Against  loss  by  accidental  breakage  (fire  excepted.) 

ACCIDENT  and  HEALTH  INSURANCE 

Against  death  and  loss  of  time  caused  by  accidental  bodily 
accidents;  also  loss  of  time  caused  by  sickness. 

STEAM  BOILER  AND  FLYWHEEL  INSURANCE 

Against  explosions  and  destruction,  damaging  property;  also 
personal  injuries. 

BURGLARY  INSURANCE 

Against  loss  through  burglary,  theft  and  larceny. 

LIFE  INSURANCE 

Against  leaving  your  loved  ones  in  poverty  or  providing 
an  income  for  your  old  age. 

SURETY  BONDS 

Against  loss  by  defalcations  of  persons  in  positions  of  trust. 
For  the  fulfilment  of  contracts.  In  court  proceedings. 

BROKERAGE 

Meats,  lards,  hays,  flour,  meal,  grains,  seeds,  mill  feed,  fruits, 
etc.  Only  first  class  houses  represented. 

JACOCKS  &  STALLINGS  CO. 

Phone  57  TARBORO,  N.  C. 


♦ 


♦ 

♦ 


i 


5 


j  Mr.  Farmer: 

!  Use  Josey’s  Cotton  Seed  Meal  and  Fish 

|  Scrap  Guano.  It  is  making  Edgecombe 
J  County  Famous. 

1  None  better.  See  your  merchant,  or 

j  call  Oil  11S. 

|  N.  B.  Josey  Guano  Co. 

!  TARBORO,  N.  C. 


6 


W.  S.  Clark  &  Sons 

General  Merchants 

Edgecombe’ s  Largest  and  Oldest  Store.  Established  1872 


“Everything  for  Everybody” 


For  the 

FARM 

Wire  Fencing 
Galvanized  Roofing 
Tin  and  Rubber  Roofing 
Buggies  and  Harness 
Rock  and  Shell  Lime 
Fertilizers 

Farming  Implements 


For  the 

HOME 

Furniture 
Cook  Stoves 
Matting  and  Rugs 
Boots  and  Shoes 
Clothing,  Dry  Goods 
Sewing  Machines 
Groceries 


As  we  buy  our  stock  in  such  large  quanti¬ 
ties  and  for  cash  we  are  able  to  offer  all 
goods  at  such  prices  as  admit  no  competition 

Prices  and  Quality 
Always  Guaranteed 

W.  S.  Clark  &  Sons 

TARBORO,  N.  C. 


For  Sixteen  Years 


The 

Tarboro  Hardware  Co. 

(John  R.  Pender) 

Has  Made  Successful  Efforts  in  Selecting 
What  is  Most  Profitable  for  the 

Modern,  Progressive  Farmer — 

Information  Obtained  by 
Y ears  of  Careful  Study 
Is  Yours  for  the 
Asking. 


The  most  complete  stock  and  the  largest 
stock  of  these  goods  in  North 
Carolina  may  be  seen  in 
our  warehouses  in 
Tarboro, 

N.C. 

We  have  We  will 


in  connection 
competent  tinner 
and  thoroughly 
equipped  tin  shop. 


cheerfully 
estimate  any 
quantity  of 
building  material, 
etc. 


TOBACCO  FLUES  :  ROOFING 
WIRE  AND  IRON  FENCING 


8 


Farmers 


Banking  &  Trust 


GEO.  A.  HOLDERNESS  .  President 
G.  A.  JOHNSON  .  .  .  Vice-President 

ED.  PENNINGTON  .  .  Cashier 

DIRECTORS: 


W.  G.  Clark 


B.  F.  Eagles 


C.  L.  Fountain 
M.  Heilbroner 
G.  W.  Mayo 


Geo.  A.  Holderness 
C.  A.  Johnson 


N.  J.  Mayo 


R.  B.  Peters 


J.  M.  Sherrod 


W.  L.  Simmons 


This  Board  of  Directors  meet  every 
month  and  are  fully  conversant  with  the 
affairs  of  the  bank.  They  are  conserva¬ 
tive  and  safe  men  to  intrust  with  the 
safeguarding  of  your  funds. 


TARBORO,  N.  C. 


9 


BENJAMIN’S 

“ Head  to  Foot  Outfitters” 


It  is  with  genuine  pleasure  that  we 
welcome  you  to  our  store,  where  you 
will  find  an  elaborate  and  comprehensive 
array  of  the  latest  authentic  styles  for 
the  season  as  developed  by  the  foremost 
creators  of  the  country. 

We  urge  you  to  come  and  see  the  new 
things  and  learn  about  the  splendid 
values  we  are  offering  in  CLOTHING, 
DRY  GOODS,  MILLINERY,  GOAT 
SUITS  and  GOATS  ready  made 
DRESSES  for  ladies,  misses  and 
children.  The  famous  REGAL  SHOES. 

Everything  in  Men’s  and  Ladies’ 
FURNISHINGS  and  many  more  things 
that  takes  to  make  an  up-to-date  store 
for  Ladies,  Men  and  Children. 

Measures  taken  for  Ladies’  and  Gents’ 
Tailor-made-Suits.  Workmanship, 
Material  and  Fit  Guaranteed. 


W.  BENJAMIN  &  SONS 

Tarboro,  North  Carolina 


TARBORO  AND  EDGECOMBE 

COUNTY 


COURT  HOUSE 


EDGECOMBE  COUNTY 

HISTORICAL  DATA 

DGECOMBE  COUNTY,  according  to  Wheeler’s  History  of 
North  Carolina,  was  formed  from  Craven  County  by  Governor 
Burrington  as  early  as  1733.  Not  until  eight  years  later,  how¬ 
ever,  or  about  1741,,  did  the  Legislature,  which  then  met  in 
Edenton,  confirm  the  action  of  Governor  Burrington.  The  new 
county  was  named  after  the  Earl  of  Mount  Edgecombe,  a 
British  naval  officer  who  attained  much  fame  about  that  time. 
Edgecombe  in  the  Saxon  meaning:  a  valley  environed  by  hills. 

History  records  that,  notwithstanding  Edgecombe’s  inland  location,  and 
therefore  its  remote  situation  from  the  dangers  that  befell  the  country  in  the 
efforts  to  throw  off  the  British  yoke,  a  great  many  of  this  county’s  sons  dis¬ 
tinguished  themselves  in  the  brave  fight  and  many  are  the  names  of  Edge¬ 
combe’s  citizens  which  have  gone  far  to  make  the  history  of  the  Old  North 
State  one  so  full  of  brave,  patriotic  deeds.  Amongst  the  most  prominent  o 
these  gentlemen  so  active  in  the  early  days  of  Edgecombe  County  are  to  be 
counted:  Robert  Bignal,  Henry  Irwin,  Duncan  Lamon,  Thos  Hunter,  10s. 
H.  Hall.  William  Haywood.  Elisha  Battle.  Jonas  Johnson,  Isaac  Sessums. 


o  gt'15\5" 


II 


Wm.  Horn,  Nicholas  Long,  Jethro  Sumner,  Sherwood  Haywood,  Joseph 
Moore,  Henry  Horne,  Exuni  Lewis,  Simon  Gray.  All  of  them,  through  their 
civic  spirit  and  untiring  efforts  towards  the  welfare  of  their  county,  attained 
high  ranks. 

The  progress  which  has  been  Edgecombe's  for  nearly  two  centuries,  has 
manifested  itself  whenever  occasion  demanded  it.  Thus,  as  early  as  1812, 
and  contemporaneous  with  Raleigh,  New  Bern,  Wilmington  and  other  towns 
in  Eastern  North  Carolina,  George  Howard,  Jr.,  was  printing  in  Edgecombe's 
capital,  Tarboro,  the  “Tarboro  Free  Press."  It  is  to  be  noted  that  in  those 
days  no  paper  was  being  printed  in  the  Tar  Heel  State  west  of  Raleigh. 

Again,  when  the  Bank  of  the  State  of  North  Carolina  was  incorporated 
in  Raleigh,  in  1833,  eight  branches  of  this  banking  institution  were  estab¬ 
lished  in  some  of  the  most  prosperous  towns  in  Eastern  North  Carolina,  and 
Tarboro  was  one  of  them.  Here  the  interests  of  the  branch  Bank  were 
intrusted  to  James  Weddell,  President;  P.  P.  Lawrence,  Cashier;  R.  Chap¬ 
man,  Teller. 

Thus,  early  in  its  history,  did  Edgecombe  County  become  prominent 
amongst  the  leading  towns  in  the  State. 

o  o 


12 


MAIN  STREET 


13 


LOCATION 


Edgecombe  County  is  located  in  the  eastern  part  of  North  Carolina,  and 
its  neighboring  counties  are:  To  the  north,  Halifax  County;  to  the  east, 
Martin  County;  to  the  south,  Pitt  and  Wilson  Counties;  to  the  west,  Nash 
County. 

TOWNS  AND  POPULATION 

Its  county  seat,  Tarboro,  derives  its  name  from  the  river  near  whose 
banks  the  town  is  built,  the  River  Tar.  Edgecombe  County  contains  approx¬ 
imately  515  square  miles  and  within  its  borders  counts  several  small  towns 
where  prosperity  reigns  supreme.  Besides  its  county  seat,  with  a  population 
of  about  5400,  Edgecombe  County  has  such  towns  as  Conetoe  (population 
1200)  ;  Pinetops  (population  1150);  Speed  (population  750).  All  these 
towns  have  excellent  railroad  communications  and  are  thriving  communities 
— two  of  them,  Conetoe  and  Pinetops,  supporting  their  own  banks.  The 
total  population  of  Edgecombe  County  is  about  30,000. 

TRANSPORTATION 

The  means  of  communication  in  Edgecombe  County  are  all  that  could  be 
desired  in  such  a  progressive  county.  The  Atlantic  Coast  Line  Railroad 


CAROLINA  TELEPHONE;  AND  TELEGRAPH  BUILDING 


14 


henry  crark  bridger’s  buieding 


IS 


breaks  into  Edgecombe  County  from  the  north,  the  west  and  the  southeast, 
whilst  the  East  Carolina  Railroad  from  Tarboro  to  Hookertown,  a  line  of 
about  40  miles,  provides  the  necessary  service  to  the  south.  The  Tar  River 
Oil  Co.,  of  Tarboro,  takes  advantage  of  the  natural  means  of  communication 
supplied  by  Tar  River,  and  with  two  steamers  trades  between  Tarboro  arid 
Washington,  N.  C. 

The  “Good  Roads"  boosters  of  other  Eastern  North  Carolina  Counties 
would  do  well  to  visit  Edgecombe  County,  for  here  they  will  meet  conditions 
which  would  surprise  them.  There  are  probably  no  better  roads  in  all 
Eastern  North  Carolina  as  are  found  in  Edgecombe.  Not  only  are  old 
roads  being  constantly  improved  and  bridges  repaired  as  soon  as  traffic  calls 
for  it,  but  wherever  the  building  of  new  roads  is  considered  beneficial, 
work  is  started  and  gone  through  with  all  possible  rapidity. 

AN  AGRICULTURAL  AND  MANUFACTURING  COUNTY 

Time  there  was  when  Edgecombe  was  purely  an  agricultural  county. 
Because  of  the  nature  of  its  soil  and  the  mildness  of  its  climate,  this  county 
had  long  ago  attained  an  enviable  position  amongst  purely  agricultural 
counties.  Within  the  last  few  years,  however,  Edgecombe  capital  began 


i7 


to  realize  that  the  product  of  the  soil  could  be  handled  at  home,  freeing  the 
county  from  the  class  of  counties  which,  through  their  lack  of  enterprise, 
are  contented  to  be  crop  producers  and  nothing  else.  Thus,  in  a  very  short 
time,  companies  were  organized,  capital  gotten  together  and  factories 
erected.  Today,  Edgecombe  County  has  no  less  than  23  lumber  mills,  five 
cotton-seed  oil  mills,  three  cotton  mills,  three  knitting  mills,  two  guano 
factories  and  two  buggy  factories. 

CLIMATIC  CONDITIONS 

The  climate  in  Edgecombe  County  is  ideal.  The  succession  of  the  seasons 
are  not  brought  about  by  abrupt  changes,  attended  by  sudden  reversals  of 
the  thermometer,  but  rather  by  mild  steps  which,  without  depriving  Edge¬ 
combe  County  people  of  their  seasons,  yet  bring  them  about  much  as  the 
succession  of  the  colors  in  the  rainbow. 

The  gradual  blending  of  the  seasons  brings  about  a  general  healthv  con- 
dition,  which  speaks  well  for  the  early  settlers  that  made  their  homes  in 
Edgecombe. 


confederate  monument 


18 


T  A  R  B  O  R  O 


v  THE  TOWN 

It  is  more  than  probable  that  in  establishing  Tarboro  where  it  now  stands 
two  reasons  were  held  in  mind  by  its  founders.  To  begin  with.  Tarboro 
means,  of  course,  the  burg  or  borough  by  the  Tar,  and  this  latter  word, 
being  a  derivation  of  the  Indian  Tan,  meaning  Health,  it  is  easy  to  deduct 
that  healthy  surroundings  were  sought  by  Tarboro’s  founders.  The  other 
i  eason,  and  one  seemingly  as  strong  as  the  first  one,  is  the  natural  source 
of  communication  afforded  a  town  by  a  navigable  river,  with  outlet  into  the 
ocean  and  the  outside  world.  Thus,  it  is  seen  that  in  those  days,  as  in  the 
present  ones,  health  conditions  and  means  of  communication  with  other 
people  were  held  as  primarily  necessary  for  the  success  of  any  community. 

The  impression  1  arboro  makes  upon  a  visitor  is  both  of  pleasure  and 
surprise.  Or  perhaps  we  should  reverse  this  and  say  of  surprise  and 
pleasure.  Of  surprise  because  no  matter  what  he  may  have  heard  of  this 
town,  in  facing  the  original  he  fully  realizes  that  all  descriptions  fell  short 
and  that  1  arboro  is  indeed  one  of  the  most  complete  towns  in  the  most 
flourishing  part  of  North  Carolina.  Of  pleasure,  because  all  good  things 
please,  and  if  there  are  some  good  towns  on  the  map  of  the  Old  North  State, 
Tarboro  is  certainly  somewhere  at  the  head  of  the  list.  Perhaps  the  most 
striking  feature  of  Tarboro  is  its  Main  street,  a  thoroughfare  that  has  no 
ecpial  in  any  town  of  the  State.  Of  over  a  mile  in  length  and  stretching 


RUNNYMEDE  HOSIERY  MILE 


1  J 

my 

1  m  WW1  Wtr~  i  rTtm  :  '  T*1'-* 

wSy^ 

TARBORO  COTTON  MILES 


20 


N.  B.  JOSKY’S  GUANO  FACTORY 


SHIBO  OIU  MIBB 


21 


between  the  County  Bridge  over  the  far  and  the  Atlantic  Coast  Cme  Depot, 
it  is  admirably  paved  and  kept  up.  Elms  and  water  oaks  line  both  sides  of 
this  street,  which  in  reality  is  more  of  a  boulevard  than  a  street,  and  in  the 
summer-time,  when  these  trees  “shake  hands"  over  the  street,  no  prettier 
sight  than  Tarboro's  Main  street  could  be  desired,  nor  obtained  anywhere 
else. 

Half  way  between  the  County  Bridge  and  the  Atlantic  Coast  Line  Depot, 
Main  street  is  cut  at  right  angles  bv  “The  Commons,"  or  city  park.  And 
right  here  is  another  feature  of  which  Tarboro  can  be  justly  proud.  In  the 
heart  of  the  town  and  covering  an  area  of  five  acres  of  ground,  “The 
Commons,"  quietly,  but  surely,  calls  your  attention  to  its  beauty  and  fresh¬ 
ness.  Velvety  turf  covers  the  ground,  and  stately,  ancient  trees  break  up 
the  sun’s  ravs  into  a  harmless  light. 

Along  both  sides  of  Main  street  and  from  the  Bridge  to  within  one  block 
of  the  Commons  are  to  be  found  most  of  the  business  and  merchandising 
houses  in  Tarboro,  and  from  there  on  to  near  the  Coast  Line  Depot  the 
street  is  lined  up  by  beautiful  residences  looking  into  the  street  from  beauti¬ 
fully  kept  lawns.  Indeed,  judging  from  that  part  of  the  town  from  the 
Commons  to  the  Depot,  Tarboro  might  be  thought  a  suburb  of  any  of  the 
large  towns  in  the  State.  So  numerous  are  the  very  handsome  homes  in 
this  particular  part  of  the  town  that  to  mention  just  a  few  ones  would  be 
rather  unfair  to  the  rest. 


TOWN  COMMODITIES 

No  town  of  the  size  of  Tarboro,  and  even  many  larger  ones,  enjoy  the 
commodities  that  progress,  enterprise,  and  civic  pride  have  made  its  possible 
for  Tarboro  citizens  to  enjoy.  The  streets  are  well  laid  out  and  sidewalked, 
Trees,  the  enemies  of  dust,  are  to  be  found  in  profusion  throughout  the 
town,  and  a  town-owned  and  managed  electric  and  light  plant,  where  the 
most  modern  methods  and  machinery  are  employed  to  extract  a  maximum 
of  efficiency,  provides  Tarboro's  citizens  with  their  needs  in  this  line.  The 
streets  are  kept  thoroughly  clean  and  are  regularly  washed  where  paved, 
and  log  dragged,  where  otherwise.  At  night  they  are  well  lighted. 

Tarboro  has  a  first-class  volunteer  fire  department  and  to  add  to  the 
safety  of  the  town  a  motor  driven  chemical  engine  has  been  recently 
acquired. 

Having  lately  qualified  into  the  class  of  towns  which,  through  the  number 
of  their  population  and  the  condition  of  the  sidewalks  are  entitled  to  free 
city  postal  delivery,  this  system,  so  convenient  to  a  town,  will  soon  be 
established  here. 

The  safety  of  public  and  private  property  is  efficiently  looked  after  by  a 
conscientious  police  force,  whilst  a  recorders’  court  does  much  to  lighten  the 
docket  of  the  supei  lor  court  and  simplify  the  system  of  administering  justice. 

1  arboro  has  a  very  complete  hospital,  eliminating  the  transportation  to 


hospital 


COUNTY  HOME 


23 


E.  C.  WINSLO 


TARBORO  North  Carolina 


other  towns  of  patients  requiring  operations  of  a  nature  demanding  the 
highest  sanitary  conditions  and  all  such  commodities  as  go  a  long-  way  to 
make  such  operations  safe,  swift  and  successful.  Here  again  does  Tarboro 
lead  many  other  towns  boasting  of  an  even  larger  population. 

SCHOOLS 

Something  for  which  Tarboro  ought  to  get  much  credit  is  the  magnificent 
school  building  erected  recently  at  the  north  end  of  the  Commons.  It  is, 
however,  natural  that  a  community  where  progress  plays  such  a  strong  part 
should  so  well  look  after  its  schools.  Yet  the  imposing  edifice  built  bv 
Tarboro  does  not  simply  attract  attention  because  of  its  purpose.  The  build¬ 
ing  itself  is  a  solid  example  of  pleasing  and  practical  architecture.  Over 
six  hundred  children  attend  the  graded  and  high  schools  in  this  building, 
which  has  for  its  playground  the  five  acres  of  the  Commons.  The  children 
are  made  to  drill  in  this  school  and  the  different  teams  have  become  so 
proficient  in  this  exercise  that  the  “fire  department"  of  the  school  can  “turn 
out"  in  58  seconds. 

The  education  of  the  younger  colored  population  is  also  well  attended 
to  in  Tarboro,  a  commodious  school  being  maintained  to  the  east  of  the 
river.  The  attendance  at  the  colored  school  is  also  very  large. 

CHURCHES 

That  the  religious  spirit  is  very  strong  in  Tarboro  is  well  attested  by  the 
group  of  church  pictures  to  be  found  on  page  17.  The  different  denomina¬ 
tions  are  strongly  represented,  services  being  held  weekly  in  all  the  churches. 
No  comment  need  be  made  as  to  the  beauty  of  the  Tarboro  churches.  A  good 
illustration  does  away  with  no  matter  how  good  a  description.  Again  it 
might  be  remarked  that  no  community  not  harboring  the  spirit  of  religion 
that  Tarboro  does,  could  be  as  successful  as  Tarboro  is. 

NOTABLE  BUILDINGS 

There  are  in  Tarboro  a  good  many  buildings  notable  because  of  their 
magnificence,  solidity  of  construction  and  lines  of  architecture.  First 
honors  belong,  of  course,  to  the  Edgecombe  County  Court  House.  This 
building  was  erected  in  1853.  In  order  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the 
growing  county,  it  was  remodelled  last  year  at  a  cost  of  $35,000.00,  and 
it  now  stands  in  the  heart  of  the  town,  a  most  beautiful  monument  to  justice. 
The  interior  arrangement  of  offices  and  court  room  are  a  credit  to  the 
architects  intrusted  with  this  work. 

Next  in  order  of  civic  importance  comes  the  Town  Hall,  an  imposing 
building  with  lofty  tower,  whose  architectural  lines,  because  of  its  ag*e,  look 
rather  odd,  across  corner  from  the  most  modern  office  buildinp-  erected  in 

o 

recent  years,  by  Mr.  Henry  Clark  Bridgers.  Within  the  walls  of  the  Town 
Hall  and  on  the  second  floor  is  to  be  found  the  Opera  House,  not  a  very 

Continued  on  page  30 
26 


EDGECOMBE  COUNTY  AGRICUL¬ 
TURAL 

The  fact  that  farboro,  Edgecombe’s  county  seat,  is  the  largest  cotton  and 
peanut  maiket  m  Eastcin  Xoith  Carolina,  seems  to  be  a  strong  enough  index 
as  to  the  amount  of  these  products  raised  within  Edgecombe's  borders.  And 
yet,  notwithstanding  the  atti  action  these  money  crops  are  bound  to  exercise 
in  Edgecombe  County  farmers,  when  facts  are  looked  into,  statistics 
examined  and  a  few  of  the  many  beautiful  farms  visited,  the  palm  of  versa¬ 
tility  must  be  presented  to  the  Edgecombe  County  farmers. 

An  enumeration  of  the  products  yearly  extracted  from  the  wonderful 
soil  of  the  county  subject  of  this  booklet,  will  best  illustrate  what  is  meant 
bv  the  versatility  of  the  Edgecombe  County  farmer:  cotton,  tobacco,  peanuts, 
corn-field  peas,  clover,  hay,  wheat,  oats,  Irish  potatoes,  sweet  potatoes, 
melons,  apples,  peaches,  pears,  plums,  cherries,  currants,  damsons,  grapes, 


Edgecombe:  corn 
2/ 


raspberries,  blackberries,  strawberries,  dewberries,  and  every  variety  of  the 
truck  garden  is  gathered  from  Edgecombe  County  soil. 

Cotton  is,  however,  “the  Crop"  in  Edgecombe  County.  Of  the  more  than 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  thousand  acres  of  land  cleared  and  under 
cultivation,  of  that  part  devoted  to  the  raising  of  cotton,  the  greater  part 
produces  from  three-fourths  to  a  bale  per  acre.  Some  parts  having  produced 
as  much  as  two  and  three  bales  to  the  acre.  Thus  is  Edgecombe  one  of  the 

o 

leading  cotton  producing  counties  in  the  entire  cotton  belt. 

During  the  last  few  years  the  trucking  industry  has  been  developed  to  a 
wonderful  extent.  Such  are  the  transportation  facilities  enjoyed  by  the 
county  that  Edgecombe  farmers  have  found  it  very  advantageous  to  devote 
a  great  deal  of  their  time  and  land  to  truck  raising,  exporting  their  produce 
to  Norfolk,  Richmond  and  other  large  towns.  The  Edgecombe  County 
farmer  varies  from  the  majority  of  farmers  in  other  counties  in  Eastern 
North  Carolina,  not  in  the  matter  of  a  hard-working  conscientious  man, 
but  in  that  he  keeps  educating  himself  in  order  to  take  advantage  of  the 
opportunities  offered  him  by  a  wonderfully  rich  soil. 

The  farmer  of  this  county  is  enterprising.  At  all  times  he  is  experi¬ 
menting  with  parts  of  his  land.  Trying  different  “stunts"  that  will  open  up 
successful  fields  and  will  make  his  farm  yield  more. 

Another  thing  the  farmer  in  Edgecombe  is  doing:  He  is  interested  in 
seeing  his  product,  or  rather,  the  product  of  his  land,  turned  over  into  the 
finished  product  right  at  home.  Therefore,  the  factories  lifting  up  their 
smoke-stacks  in  Tarboro.  The  farmers  are  financially  interested  in  these 
mills  and  in  helping  the  maintenance  of  these  mills  and  factories  at  home 
they  are  winning  their  freedom  from  outside  manufacturers,  who  in  dealing 
with  them  through  exchange  agents,  taking  their  unfinished  product  from 
them  at  comparatively  low  prices,  and  selling  it  back  to  them  in  the  shape 
of  a  finished  product,  are  naturally  exacting  from  them  a  healthy  profit. 
Were  more  counties  in  Eastern  North  Carolina  to  realize  how  wise  Edge¬ 
combe  County  farmers  are  in  this  way,  no  better  part  of  the  world  than 
Eastern  North  Carolina  would  see  the  sun  rise  and  set. 

There  is  but  one  tiling  Edgecombe  needs  just  now.  And  Edgecombe 
County  is  not  the  only  part  of  the  South  suffering  from  that  need,  therefore 
•she  need  not  be  ashamed  to  confess  it — more  men — farmers  to  help  clear 
and  cultivate  the  rest  of  a  land  that  asks  but  little  to  return  a  great  deal. 

No  better  opportunity  than  that  offered  by  Edgecombe  County  soil  to  the 
progressive  farmers  seeking  new  fields,  could  be  found  in  Eastern  North 
Carolina,  and  that  is  saying  quite  a  great  deal. 

Edgecombe  County  could  accommodate  a  good  many  more  good  men. 
Not  only  would  she  accommodate  them,  and  offer  them  a  chance  to  “make 
good" — but  she  would  give  them  the  “gead  hand.” 


28 


EXPERIMENT  EARM 


“COTTON  VALLEY  ’  EARM 


29 


Continued  from  page  26 

pretentious  affair,  yet  a  very  comfortable  and  well  arranged  theatre  where 
the  best  “shows"  doing-  southeastern  time  are  to  be  seen  during  the  season. 
The  Town  ITall  has  another  feature  of  importance,  i,  e.,  the  town  clock. 
A  very  natural  thing,  of  course.  Of  the  most  modern  public  buildings  in 
Tarboro,  special  attention  should  be  called  to  the  Henry  Clark  Bridgers 
Building  (present  home  of  the  Post  Office),  the  Masonic  Temple  Building, 
and  the  home  of  the  Carolina  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.  Excellent 
reproductions  of  these  buildings  are  to  be  found  among  these  pages. 

FACTORIES 

West  and  south,  and  beyond  the  belt  formed  by  the  Atlantic  Coast  tracks 
in  that  part  of  Tarboro,  are  located  the  mills  and  factories,  where  scores 
of  hands  find  ready  employment  the  year  round.  Cotton  mills,  cotton-seed 
oil  mills,  hosiery  mills,  guano  factories,  a  peanut  cleaner  and  assorting  mill, 
and  east  of  the  town,  beyond  Tar  River,  a  lumber  mill.  All  these  mills 
and  factories  are  operated  with  local  capital  and  the  fact  that  they  are  all 
running  full  blast  speaks  with  all  due  eloquence  to  their  success.  Within 
the  town  itself  has  flourished  another  enterprise  which  does  much  credit  to 
the  town.  Two  carriage  and  buggy  factories  are  being  successfully  operated 
in  Tarboro.  The  concerns  summing  up  the  weekly  pay-roll  in  Tarboro  are: 
The  Tarboro  Cotton  Factory,  Fountain  Cotton  Mill,  Runnymede  Hosiery 
Mills,  Columbian  Peanut  Factory,  The  Lumber  Mill,  The  Enterprise 


COTTON  TigIT) 


30 


COTTON  FIELD 


EDGECOMBE 


COTTON 


31 


Carriage  Factory,  The  M.  L.  Hussey  Buggy  Co.,  N.  B.  Josey  Guano  Fac¬ 
tory,  and  Roysters'  Guano  Factory.  Naturally,  a  community  that  has  the 
benefit  of  such  a  pay-roll  as  is  weekly  given  out  in  these  factories  and  mills, 
is  bound  to  expand  and  look  to  larger  fields. 

SOCIAL  LIFE  AND  CLUBS 

Hospitality,  that  characteristic  of  the  Southern  States,  has  been  made  a 
specialty  of  in  Tarboro.  No  newcomer  need  feel  “out  of  it"  when  coming 
to  this  town,  for  he  will  soon  find  his  hand  that  shakes  because  the  heart 
beats,  not  just  as  a  matter  of  fact.  The  social  life  in  Tarboro  is  more  so 
because  it  is  truer  and  when  a  person  of  the  worth-while  kind  makes  up  his 
mind  to  make  Tarboro  his  home  he  finds  not  the  slightest  difficulty  in  being- 
accepted  and  welcomed  into  all  those  festivities  that  help  make  life  worth 
living.  There  are  in  Tarboro  several  ladies’  clubs,  the  most  prominent 
among  which  is  the  “Hillside  Country  Club,”  with  a  very  pretty  club  house, 
golf  links,  etc. 

The  men  have  two  organizations,  The  Tarboro  Board  of  Trade,  a  very 
active  business  organization,  and  the  Tar  Heel  Club,  a  social  one.  This 
latter  club  was  lately  re-organized  with  a  very  large  list  of  members ;  if 
plans  materialize  the  Tar  Heel  Club  will  build  its  own  home  before  very 
long.  The  Board  of  Trade,  as  its  name  implies,  looks  after  all  such  matters 
as  will  improve  the  community  from  a  business  as  well  as  civic  point  of  view. 


STACKING  PEANUTS 


32 


peanut  stacks 


threshing  peanuts 


The  most  active  business  men  in  town  give  the  Board  of  Trade  their  support 
and  several  good  things  have  been  accomplished  for  Tarboro  through  this 
organization. 

o 

MEANS  OF  TRANSPORTATION 

Tarboro  is  well  served  by  the  Coast  Tine  and  the  East  Carolina  Railroad, 
as  far  as  means  of  communication  is  concerned.  The  Coast  Tine  runs  as 
many  as  ten  passenger  trains  daily,  whilst  the  East  Carolina  Railroad,  which 
runs  from  Tarboro  to  Hookerton,  a  run  of  about  forty  miles,  puts  on  four 
trains  daily. 

Besides  these  two  railroad  companies,  the  Tar  River  Oil  Co.  operates  two 
steamers  between  Tarboro  and  Washington,  N.  C. 

A  community  as  well  served  by  artificial  as  well  as  natural  means  of 
communication  and  transportation,  it  will  be  easily  understood,  is  bound  to 
push  to  the  front  and  make  a  decided  mark  for  itself. 


SPECIMEN  OE  EDGECOMBE  COTTON 


34 


PECAN  GROVE 


CORN  FlERD 


35 


COTTON  and  CORN  STATISTICS 

DEMONSTRATIONS  CONDUCTED  UNDER  THE  SUPERVISION 
OF  THE  U.  S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 


Cost  of  corn  production,  on  dem¬ 
onstration  of  W.  W.  Eagles,  Mac¬ 
clesfield,  N.  C.  Size  of  demonstra¬ 


tion,  five  acres. 

Breaking  land .  $1.00 

Discing . 40 

Running  rows  and  planting.  .45 

Seed  . 20 

Applying  fertilizers . 35 

Cost  of  fertilizers .  9.92 

Cultivation  .  2 .05 

Housing  corn .  2.00 

Housing  fodder .  3. 00 

Rent  of  land .  5 . 00 


$24.37 

Value  of  fodder  (775  lbs).  .  7-75 

Net  cost  per  acre  of  corn.  .  .$16.62 

Yield  per  acre,  68  bushels  ;  cost 
per  bushel,  24.5  cents. 


Cost  and  profit  of  cotton  per  acre, 
on  demonstration  of  W.  W.  Eagles. 
Macclesfield,  N.  C.  Size  of  demon¬ 


stration,  2  acres. 

Breaking  land .  $1.00 

Running  rows . 25 

Listing . 50 

Planting . 25 

Seed  . 50 

Cultivation  .  2.30 

Applying  fertilizers . 35 

Cost  of  fertilizers .  11 .45 

Picking .  14.12 

Ginning  .  3-04 

Rent  of  land .  5. 00 

Total  cost  per  acre . $38.76 

Wine  of  seed  raised 

( 1808  lbs.)  . $18.08 

Wine  of  lint  (1016 

lbs.)  at  12.5 . 127.00 

- $145.08 

Total  net  profit  per  acre. $106. 32 


TOBACCO  FI3LD 


36 


PANOLA  DAIRY  FARM 


PANOLA  COWS 


37 


SOME  BUSINESS  HOUSES  DE¬ 
SERVING  SPECIAL  MENTION 

Prominent  among  business  houses  and  enterprises  in  Tarboro  are  Orrin, 
Williams,  Weddell  Co.,  Jacocks  &  Stallings  Co.,  and  W.  M.  Royster,  Insur¬ 
ance  Agents,  representing  the  strongest  and  most  reputable  companies  in 
this  country  and  abroad  ;  F.  S.  Royster  Mercantile  Co.,  and  N.  B.  Josey 
Guano  Co.,  manufacturers  and  distributors  of  fertilizers  of  wide  fame ; 
Worsley  &  Thomas,  W.  Benjamin  &  Sons,  and  W.  M.  Arnheim,  dry  goods 
merchants  and  ladies’  and  gent's  outfitters,  whose  stores  are  always  replete 
of  the  best  goods  at  the  best  figures ;  J.  B.  Pennington  Co.,  agents  for  the 
Michigan,  Studebaker  and  Cole  cars,  a  trio  of  automobiles  without  a  peer 
in  the  automobile  world;  Bell,  the  jeweler,  who  has  so  well  served  the  people 
of  Edgecombe  county  throughout  the  many  years  he  has  dealt  with  them ; 
W.  S.  Clark  &  Sons  and  the  Roberson  Ruffin  Co.,  general  merchants  of 
county-wide  fame  for  the  fairness  of  their  dealings  as  well  as  the  values 
they  are  always  o fifering.  The  Tarboro  Hardware  Co.,  a  veritable  emporium 
of  hardware  goods  ;  the  First  National  Bank  and  the  Farmers'  Banking  and 
Trust  Co.,  banking  institutions  which  through  their  enterprise,  as  well  as 
the  safety  with  which  they  handle  the  funds  intrusted  to  them,  have  done  so 
much  for  the  county  ;  G.  G.  Fineman,  the  well-known  piano  salesman  and 
agent,  in  whose  show-rooms  in  Tarboro  the  finest  line  of  pianos  are  to  be 
seen ;  T.  W.  Thrash  and  R.  M.  Brown  &  Bro.,  proprietors,  respectively,  of 
the  Pepsi-Cola  and  Coca-Cola  bottling  plants,  plants  which  through  the 
sanitary  conditions  in  which  they  are  maintaned,  are  most  creditable,  both 
for  the  proprietors  and  the  community  in  which  they  are  operated  ;  McNair’s 
Drug  Store,  a  first-class  pharmacy,  ready  at  all  times  to  answer  all  needs  of 
this  line;  Carlisle  Bros.  Co.,  furniture  dealers  and  undertakers,  showing  the 
most  complete  stock  of  furniture  with  a  recently  added  line  of  pianos ;  the 
R.  B.  Peters  Grocery  Company,  a  wholesale  and  retail  concern  carrying  in 
stock  only  such  goods  and  representing  such  firms  as  have  proved  of  value 
to  the  local  trade ;  L.  R.  &  W.  G.  Sugg,  mechanics  of  much  experience, 
operating  a  shop  complete  in  every  detail ;  Staton  &  Zoeller,  up-to-date 
druggists,  carrying  a  most  complete  line  of  everything  to  be  found  in  a  drug 
store,  and  the  Tar  River  Oil  Co.,  operating  a  line  of  steamers  between  Tar¬ 
boro  and  Washington,  and  doing  a  general  cotton-seed  business. 

In  the  issuing  of  this  booklet,  I  beg  to  express  my  appreciation  for  the 
support  given  me  by  the  local  merchants  and  especially  for  the  assistance 
rendered  me  by  the  Tarboro  Board  of  Trade,  through  its  secretarv  and 
treasurer. 


J.  A.  LorEnTE. 


Kranich  and  Bach,  Lester,  Bjur 
Bros.,  Stultz  and  Bailey  Pianos 

Are  standards  of  perfection,  used  in  over 
one  hundred  conservatories  and  colleges 
throughout  the  country.  <[  Bjur  Bros. 
Players,  the  American  Player-Piano,  and 
the  Apollo  have  no  equals  in  the  Player- 
Piano  field. 

My  Motto  is  :  “ Better  Pianos  for  Same  Money; 

Same  Pianos  for  Less  Money." 

Have  several  slightly  used  Uprights,  taken  in  exchange  for  Players,  at  bar¬ 
gain  prices.  One  Stieff  Upright  without  a  scratch  at  $200.00. 

Fine  display  of  Grands,  New  Uprights,  and  Players. 


Next  Door  to 
W.  A.  Hart’s  Office 


G.  G.  F1NEMAN, 


TARBORO 
NORTH  CAROLINA 


I  have  sold  pianos  in  nearly  every  school  in  Eastern  North  Carolina,  in¬ 
cluding  Tarboro  School  and  East  Carolina  Teachers’  Training  School, 
Greenville,  N.  C. 


*1 

9 


.1 


Pepsi- Col  a 

Works.  Tarboro' N- 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 

“TRIPURE”  DISTILLED  WATER,  BOTTLERS 
OF  PEPSI-COLA,  NORTH  STATE  GINGER  ALE 
AND  ALL  FLAVORS  OF  PURITY  SODA. 

OUR  PLANT  IS  SANITARY  AND  MODERN 

YOUR  ORDERS  SOLICITED 

T.  W.  THRASH,  Proprietor 

Agent:  Standard  Oil  Company 


.4 


39 


INDEX  TO  ADVERTISEMENTS 


PAGE 

Arnheim,  W.  M .  48 

Atlantic  Coast  Realty  Co .  44 

Bell,  the  Jeweler  .  4 

Benjamin,  W.,  &  Sons  .  10 

Clark,  W.  S.,  &  Sons  .  6 

Coca-Cola  Bottling  Works  .  42 

Carlisle  Bros.  Co .  42 

Clayton,  the  Printer  .  41 

Dawson,  Ernest,  Horse  and  Mule  Co . 3rd  Cover 

First  National  Bank  . 4th  Cover 

Farmers'  Banking  and  Trust  Co .  9 

Fineman,  G.  G .  39 

Flanagan,  John,  Buggy  Co .  47 

Jacocks  &  Stallings  .  5 

Josey,  N.  B.,  Guano  Co .  6 

MacNair's  Drug  Store  .  40 

Orrin,  Williams  Weddell  Co  .  1 

Pennington,  J.  B.,  Co .  3 

Pepsi-Cola  Bottling  Works  .  39 

Peters,  R.  B.,  Grocery  Co .  43 

Royster  Mercantile  Co . 2nd  Cover 

Royster.  W.  M .  43 

Roberson  Ruffin  Co .  46 

Sugg,  L.  R.  &  W.  G .  44 

Staton  &  Zoeller  .  45 

Tarboro  Hardware  Co .  8 

Tar  River  Oil  Co .  45 

Winslow,  E.  C . .  24,  25 

Worsley  &  Thomas  .  2 


MacNAIR’S 
DRUG  STORE 

Headquarters  for  Everything  Carried 
In  a  First-Class  Drug  Store 


THE 


SPOT 


Free  by  Parcel  Post — Any  Order 
Amounting  to  $1.00  or  Over. 


PHONE  60 


TARBORO,  N.G. 


40 


1 _ J  DOCTORS  [~  | 

BAKER,  THIGPEN  and  GREEN  ' 

Physicians  and  Surgeons 

TARBORO,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


‘•1 
* 


Dr.  G.  E.  Weeks 

DENTIST 

Tarboro,  N.  C. 


M.C.  STATON 

Attorney  and 
Counsellor  at  Caw 

Tarboro,  N.  C. 


New  Farrar 

HOTEL 

THOMAS  J.  FARRAR 

PROPRIETOR 

Kuropean  Plan 


FIRST  CLASS  CAFE 
IN  HOTEL  BUILDING 

THOROUGHLY  REMOD¬ 
ELLED  and  REFURNISHED 

RUNNING  WATER 
AND  STEAM  HEAT 
IN  EVERY  ROOM 

TARBORO ,  N.  C. 


I  am  not  the  cheapest 
nor  the  biggest ;  but , 
somehow ,  I  sell  print¬ 
ing  to  people  that  know 
the  value  of  a  dollar 
as  well  as  anybody . 

Clayton 

Job  Printing 

Tarboro,  N.  C. 

Satisfaction  in  Every 
Particular  or  no  Pay 


! 


I 


41 


iFimtttur?  Sralpra  anh  Muiicrtakfrs 

Your  prospective  house  furnished  completely 
from  our  stock.  Y our  present  home  enhanced 
by  additional  purchases  from  the  most  com¬ 
plete  stock  of  furniture.  Our  recently  added 
line  :  “  CHASE-HACKLEY  ”  Pianos  of 

standard  value  and  tone.  Cash  or  Credit. 

PICTURE  FRAMING  A  SPECIALTY 


R.  M.  BROWN  &  BRO. ,  Proprietors 


BOTTLING  WORKS 


TARBORO  NORTH  CAROLINA 

Office  and  Bottling  Works,  Clark  Building,  Main 

Street,  Telephone  147 


We  [invite  you  to  call  and  inspect  the  sanitary  conditions  of  our  bottling 
plant.  Filtered  water  used  in  manufacturing  all  drinks.  Every 
bottle  sterilized  before  being  refilled. 


MERCHANDISE  BROKERS 


COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 


♦ 

1 

♦ 

♦ 

V.  M.  ROYSTER  j 

1 

o' 

1 

nsurance  \ 

WRETY  BONDS  ! 
BROKERAGE  j 

J  Main  Street,  Tarboro,  N.  C.  i 

Results  Are  What  Count 

There  is  practically  little  or  no  difference  in  the  appearance  of 
the  several  flours  offered  to  the  public,  but  there  is  a  vast  difference  in 
the  results  obtained  from  their  use. 

VOIGT’S  GILT  EDGE  FLOUR 

Is  the  acknowledged  favorite  of  all  who  have  tried  it.  There  is  no 
other  like  it.  None  that  can  anywhere  approach  it  in  point  of  purity 
and  perfect  combination  of  essential  elements.  With  it  there  is  no 
possibility  of  failure.  No  doubts  or  fears  to  distract  the  good  house¬ 
wife,  or  in  any  way  mar  the  pleasure  and  happiness  of  the  guests  at 
your  table.  Use  it  and  you  will  always  have  white,  flakey  loaves; 
light  crisp  buscuits;  appetizing  toast;  rich,  brittle  pastry  and  the  most 
superb  cakes  it  is  possible  to  produce. 

VOIGT’S  MILLING  CO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

We  have  been  handling  this  flour  more  than  20  years  and  we 
can  vouch  for  every  word  of  the  above 

R.  B.  PETERS  GROCERY  CO.,  Tarboro,  N.  C. 


43 


L.  R.  and  W.  G.  Sugg 

MACHINE  SHOP  and  GARAGE 


In  order  to  meet  the  demands  of  progress  in  this  branch  of  our  business,  we 
are  installing  adjacent  to  our  machine  shop,  a  garage  and  automobile  repair  shop 
complete  in  every  detail. 

This  annex  to  our  business  will  be  under  our  direct 
supervision  and  in  soliciting  your  patronage  we  re¬ 
spectfully  call  your  attention  to  the  years  of  ex¬ 
perience  we  have  had  in  matters  mechanic. 

A  complete  stock  of  repair  parts  for  Ford  Cars  will  also  be  found  in  our 
Garage.  Gasoline  and  Oils. 

We  carry  in  stock  “Hoe”  Saws,  Bits  and  Eyes. 


Phone  141,  Tar  boro,  North  Carolina 


Atlantic  Coast  Realty  Co. 

City  and  Suburban  Lots.  Farm  and 
Timber  lands  bought  and  sold. 

We  can  furnish  your  every  need  in  the 
real  estate  line. 

^  Call  on,  write  or  phone  us. 

*1  Any  information  regarding  real  estate 
will  be  cheerfully  given. 

^  Auction  sales  our  specialty. 

Conducted  in  a  rapid  and  business-like 
manner. 

<1  Expert  advertising  men. 

CJ  All  deeds,  notes  and  other  papers  are 
prepared  free  of  cost  at  the  close  of  every 
sale  conducted  by  us. 

Offices  in  EDWARDS  BUILDING  OR  COURT  HOUSE  SQUARE 

GREENVILLE,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


44 


COTTON  SEED  HULLS  AND  MEAL 

“2™  Sr?ED  HULLS  have  more  nutritive  value  than  common  hay 

W  !5S  l  Pf  C7nt  more’  18  more  convenient  to  handle,  is  perfectly 
free  from  dust  or  foreign  matter  and  is  healthful  and  appetizing. 

COTTON  SEED  MEAL  is  the  most  concentrated  and  richest  food 
known.  Has  about  six  times  the  nutritive  value  of  corn  and  more  than 

four  times  that  of  wheat  bran,  while  its  cost  L  one  and  a  half  times 
that  ot  either. 

THE  MIXED  FEED  forms  a  “Balanced  Ration,”  giving  better  results, 
increased  milk  and  butter  production  in  cows,  and  in  flesh,  fat  and  general 
condition  m  all  annuals,  and  for  cattle,  horses  and  hogs,  will  reduce  your 
feed  bills  and  GIVES  BETTER  RESULTS  than  any  other  feed. 


Cotton  Seed  Meal  and  Hulls  Exchanged 
for  Cotton  Seed  at  Liberal  Rates 


TAR  RIVER  OIL  COMPANY 


TARBORO,  N.  C. 


MILLS  AT  SHILOH 


You  Want 

Our  Kind  of  Service 


People  are  unanimous  when  it  comes  to  drugs  and  drug  store  service; 
all  want  the  best. 

It  is  worth  while  to  know  where  the  best  and  none  but  the  best  can 
be  had.  During  37  years,  we  have  built  and  maintained  a  reputation  in 
Edgecombe  for  upholding  the  highest  standards  of  pharmacy. 

Observing  people  have  learned  that  when  they  come  to  us  for  any 
drug  store  need  they  can  do  so  with  confidence  that  they  have  procured 
just  what  they  shoidd  have  and  at  the  most  reasonable  price. 

STATON  &  ZOELLER 

The  Right  Place  to  Get  Right  Drugs 

403  SOUTH  MAIN  STREET  TARBORO,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


.-4 


45 


r 


Roberson-Ruffin  Co. 


GEO.  HOWARD 
J.  C.  RUFFIN 
R.  M.  RAWLS 


.  .  .  President 

Vice-President  and  General  Manager 
.  Secretary  and  Treasurer 


Dealers  in  Dry  Goods,  Notions, 
Shoes  and  General  Merchandise 


j  Agents  for 

Crossett  and  Clapp  Shoes 
The  Celebrated  Jefferson  Hats 


BUGGIES,  WAGONS  ,  CARTS,  AND  FARM 
MACHINERY.  WIRE  FENCING  A  SPECIALTY. 


T  arboro 


North  Carolina 


46 


!  The  John  Flanagan  Buggy  i 

BUILT  BY  THE  JOHN  FLANAGAN  BUGGY  j 

COMPANY,  IN  GREENVILLE,  N.  C. 

i 

j  I 

I  Is  meeting  the  demand  for  a  buggy  that  will  meet  the  ! 
i  test — a  buggy  that  will  roll  over  miles  of  all  sorts  of  ! 
j  roads  and  come  out  “unhurt.’’  A  buggy  that  embraces  ! 
!  all  the  qualities  that  go  to  make  up  an  excellent  prod-  ! 
j  uct.  Our  buggies  are  sold  wherever  “Money’s  ! 
!  Worth”  is  considered  in  the  purchase  of  any  article,  j 

j  SOLD  IN  EDGECOMBE  j 

J  COUNTY  BY  THE  ! 

|  ROBERSON=RUFFIN  COMPANY  j 

- TARBORO,  NORTH  CAROLINA -  j 


47 


W.M.ARNHEIM 

Dry  Goods  Merchant 
Ladies’  and  Gent’s  Outfitter 


HATS-SHOES 


C[  Not  in  every  case  do  the  clothes  make  the  man”  or 
the  woman.  Yet  in  the  majority  of  cases  do  good 
clothes  indicate  the  character  of  the  wearer.  GOOD 
CLOTHES  are  as  good  indexes  as  GOOD  COM¬ 
PANY. 

€J  The  same  care  which  you  exercise  in  selecting  your 
company  should  be  employed  in  the  choosing  of  your 

WEARING  APPAREL. 

€][  We  are  in  a  position  to  make  your  selection  EASY. 
The  largest  and  best  stocked  store  of  its  kind  solicits 
your  inspection  and  patronage  and  is  ready  to  meet  all 
your  requirements  from  the  hat  that  covers  your  head 
to  the  shoes  that  make  your  walking  easy  without 
detracting  from  looks. 


tjYou  ought  to  see  what  we  have  ready  for  you  in 

FURNISHINGS,  SHIRTS,  HATS,  SHOES,  TIES 

and  the  like.  We  can  save  you  money  because  of  our 
business  methods.  We  have  unquestionably  the  most 
up-to-date  stock  in  town. 


Please  us  with  your  visit.  We  will 
please  you  with  our  prices  and  goods. 


W.  M.  ARNHEIM 

TARBORO,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


48 


rnest  Dawson  Horse  &Mule  Co. 


a> 

0 

V 

c 

O 

jj 

43 

43 

4-» 

H 

13 

M-l 

0 

<U 

O 

— { 

QO 

<D 

QJ 

?/) 

O 

w 

HH 

G 

44 

03 

u 

0 

C 3 

O 

4-> 

C/D 

3 

^OD 

o  ^ 

\c  «  oo 

0)  O  J3  eJ 
■fi  «  ^ 

*■*  ^3  *+*  £> 

•  *■*  O  Jh 

cj  2 

CO  ti 


g  < 

a)  -ti 

iE^ 

s  ^ 

^  k 

T3<0 

d> 

£  k 
8  * 

2S 


on 

u 

C3  ^ 

=3^ 

T3 

r*  co 

§  « 

4)  3 

es 


ITS  Vh 


cz> 

75  O 

X  OD 

O  ^ 

o 

c»  SS 


s 


*-! 

o 


-h  CL) 

§•£ 
\m  CJ 

8  e 

a 

60  <D 

G-G 

•  1  1 


< 


The 

First  National  Bank 

OF  TARBORO,  N.  C. 

With  Resources,  $500,000.00 

Capital  Stock,  $50,000.00 

Undivided  Profits,  $18,000.00 

i 

i 

Can  and  will  meet  all  require¬ 
ments  of  its  patrons,  consistent  with 
safe  banking  principles.  :  :  : 


We  Pay  You  5%  on  Sayings  Accounts 
Interest  Compounded  Quarterly 


Henry  Clark  Bridgers  .  .  .  President 

Don  Williams  ....  Vice-President 

H.  H.  Taylor . Cashier 

J.  E.  Morrisette  .  .  ,  Assistant  Cashier 

We  Want  Your  Business,  Large  or  Small 


Queen  City  Printing  Co.  Charlotte.  N.C. 


